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22 U.S.C. § 2700 — Use of vehicles
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The Secretary of State may authorize the principal officer of a Foreign Service post to provide for the use of Government owned or leased vehicles located at that post for transportation of United States Government employees and their families when public transportation is unsafe or not available or when such use is advantageous to the Government.
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The Secretary of State may authorize the principal officer of a Foreign Service post to provide for the use of Government owned or leased vehicles located at that post for transportation of United States Government employees and their families when public transportation is unsafe or not available or when such use is advantageous to the Government.
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**(a)** The Congress finds that—
(1) a career foreign service, characterized by excellence and professionalism, is essential in the national interest to assist the President and the Secretary of State in conducting the foreign affairs of the United States;
(2) the scope and complexity of the foreign affairs of the Nation have heightened the need for a professional foreign service that will serve the foreign affairs interests of the United States in an integrated fashion and that can provide a resource of qualified personnel for the President, the Secretary of State, and the agencies concerned with foreign affairs;
(3) the Foreign Service of the United States, established under the Act of May 24, 1924 (commonly known as the Rogers Act) and continued by the Foreign Service Act of 1946, must be preserved, strengthened, and improved in order to carry out its mission effectively in response to the complex challenges of modern diplomacy and international relations;
(4) the members of the Foreign Service should be representative of the American people, aware of the principles and history of the United States and informed of current concerns and trends in American life, knowledgeable of the affairs, cultures, and languages of other countries, and available to serve in assignments throughout the world; and
(5) the Foreign Service should be operated on the basis of merit principles.
**(b)** The objective of this chapter is to strengthen and improve the Foreign Service of the United States by—
(1) assuring, in accordance with merit principles, admission through impartial and rigorous examination, acquisition of career status only by those who have demonstrated their fitness through successful completion of probationary assignments, effective career development, advancement
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**(a)**
(1) Funds available to a Federal agency, by appropriation or otherwise, may be expended by the Federal agency for the maintenance, operation, or repair of any passenger carrier only to the extent that such carrier is used to provide transportation for official purposes. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, transporting any individual other than the individuals listed in subsections (b) and (c) of this section between such individual’s residence and such individual’s place of employment is not transportation for an official purpose.
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), transportation between the residence of an officer or employee and various locations that is—
(A) required for the performance of field work, in accordance with regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (e) of this section, or
(B) essential for the safe and efficient performance of intelligence, counterintelligence, protective services, or criminal law enforcement duties, or transportation of federally owned canines associated with force protection duties of any part of the intelligence community (as defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 ([50 U.S.C. 3003](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3003&num=0&edition=prelim))),
is transportation for an official purpose, when approved in writing by the head of the Federal agency.
(3) For purposes of paragraph (1), the transportation of an individual between such individual’s place of employment and a mass transit facility pursuant to subsection (g) is transportation for an official purpose.
**(b)** A passenger carrier may be used to transport between residence and place of employment the following officers and employees of Federal agencies:
(1)
(A) the President and the Vic
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 2701a
§ 2699. Employment opportunities for family
members
(a) In order to expand employment opportuni-
ties for family members of United States Gov-
ernment personnel assigned abroad, the Sec-
retary of State shall seek to conclude such bi-
lateral and multilateral agreements as will fa-
cilitate the employment of such family mem-
bers in foreign economies.
(b) Any member of a family of a member of the
Foreign Service may accept gainful employment
in a foreign country unless such employment—
(1) would violate any law of such country or
of the United States; or
(2) could, as certified in writing by the
United States chief of mission to such coun-
try, damage the interests of the United States.
(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, § 27, as added Pub.
L. 96–465, title II, § 2201(a), Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat.
2154; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 97–241, title II,
§ 202(a), Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 282.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Feb. 15, 1981, except as otherwise
provided, see section 2403 of Pub. L. 96–465, set out as a
note under section 3901 of this title.
§ 2700. Use of vehicles
The Secretary of State may authorize the
principal officer of a Foreign Service post to
provide for the use of Government owned or
leased vehicles located at that post for transpor-
tation of United States Government employees
and their families when public transportation is
unsafe or not available or when such use is ad-
vantageous to the Government.
(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, § 28, as added Pub.
L. 96–465, title II, § 2201(a), Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat.
2154; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 97–241, title II,
§ 202(a), Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 282.)
Statutory Notes and Related
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